Biden Barred From Redirecting $1.4 Billion in Trump Wall Funds

The Biden administration can’t redirect $1.4 billion that Congress allocated for the construction of a wall at the Mexican border, a Trump-appointed federal judge said, handing a win to Texas in the state’s deepening feud with the federal government on immigration.

US District Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern District of Texas on Friday temporarily blocked the administration from spending the money on alternative border enforcement measure, holding that it can be spent only on a barrier system.

The US Homeland Security Department’s spending decisions “run afoul” of the Administrative Procedure Act, Tipton said, rejecting an argument from the federal ...